Modern Architecture A¿Z

With almost 300 entries, this architectural A to Z offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. Covering modern architecture from the 19th into the 21st century, pioneering architects are each featured with a portrait and a concise biography, as well as a description of his or her important work.Like a bespoke global architecture tour, this book will allow you to travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Antoni Gaud- Palau G-ell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi-s sports and leisure center on a former factory site in S-Paulo. You-ll take in Gio Ponti-s colored geometries, Zaha Hadid-s free-flowing futurism, the luminous interiors of SANAA, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh-s unique blend of Scottish tradition and elegant japonisme.The book-s A to Z entries also cover groups, movements, and styles to position these leading individual architects within broader building trends across time and geography, including International St